T.M. Selection: Lightning/Rangers OVER.

I am on the over in the Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers game on Thursday. The previous 3 games in this series have stayed under but I think this game is going to over much like the 1st game of this series. The Lightning have awoken in this series and they have finally found their offense again as the goals are rolling in now. I think their offense is going to stay hot here and score some goals in this game as Shesterkin hasn't looked as good in the previous 2 games. The Rangers have looked much better in their home games this series though and that is also true for this entire postseason. They didn't look very good in the 2 previous games but I think they will look a lot better on home ice here and I don't expect them to stand around and watch as the Lightning flip the tables on this series. I think the Rangers are going to give their best effort here and they have been known to score some goals on their home ice this postseason, I expect them to do the same here. Vasilevskiy has looked great in net for the Lightning these 2 most recent games but he has also been a better goalie in home games and he didn't look that great in the 2 road games of this series. I think that Vasilevskiy is going to look a bit shaky here being back in New York with the hostile environment and I expect him to give up some goals here. I think both teams will try to come out fast and score quickly too since this is a very important game to take a good grip on the series so I see both teams starting quickly here and trying to score an early goal to take that important lead. I see this game having lots of goals in it unlike the previous few in the series, I like the over here.

T.M. Prediction: 5-3 Lightning.